Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bock , owner of the Kempinski luxury hotels chain , will buy nearly half of Rowland 's 15 per cent stake worth £50 million with an option to buy the remainder in three years . |
| 2 | Options will normally only be exercisable after the expiry of three years from the date of their grant by a person who remains a director or employee . |
| 3 | To prevent the proprietor sitting on his patent , deliberately failing to use it , section 48 of the Act allows any person to apply for a compulsory licence under the patent , after the expiry of three years if , for example , the patent is not being worked or some abuse is being made of the patent monopoly such as if the product is not being made available at reasonable terms . |
| 4 | As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted . |
| 5 | The court of military justice on May 5 confirmed the sentence of three years ' hard labour first passed in absentia in July 1983 against Gen. Saadeddine al-Shazli , the army chief of staff during the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 . |
| 6 | My father , after the experience of three years on the Western Front in the First World War was no longer a chapel man . |
| 7 | I could n't kick him in the teeth after three years of good work and live with myself . |
| 8 | He played for the university for three years , being a three-quarter in the renowned XV captained by Harry ( ‘ Jugs ’ ) Vassall . |
| 9 | She had not seen the building for three years and the projecting , metal construction offended her as impetigo would , sprouting from the face of a beautiful woman . |
| 10 | On the Thursday morning early I set off to go to Peter Jones before my meeting in Markham Square and I put your birthday money ( for which my thanks ) towards a tiny little black leather bag about the size of the one I came south with , as it fits under my jacket without looking too bulky and my old similar one , also from the John Lewis partnership some years ago , recently gave up the ghost after three years of relentless daily use . |
| 11 | Parliament showed its power further in the mid-1980s by delaying the budget for three years in succession . |
| 12 | Before they left they blasted the Government for demolishing more than 400,000 jobs in the industry in three years . |
| 13 | The Home Secretary , Sir Samuel Hoare , noted that any influx of refugees from the continent might bring together the political extremes — the fascists who had been attacking the Jews for three years and the communists and other left-wing elements who might argue that Jewish refugees were taking away Gentile employment . |
| 14 | Students who do not undertake the period of industrial placement complete the degree in three years . |
| 15 | Students who do not undertake the period of industrial placement complete the degree in three years . |
| 16 | Students who do not undertake the period of industrial placement complete the degree in three years . |
| 17 | Students who do not undertake the period of industrial placement complete the degree in three years . |
| 18 | Students who do not undertake the period of industrial placement complete the degree in three years . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes — he 's been the boss for three years . |
| 20 | He 's been visiting the home for three years now . |
| 21 | ( 8 ) Until the date of the first renewal of licences provisionally granted under subsection ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above after those licences have been declared final , subsections ( 2 ) to ( 5 ) of section 30 of this Act shall have effect in relation to those licences with the substitution in subsection ( 3 ) of section 30 of a reference to one year instead of the reference to three years . |
| 22 | Lydia had barely set foot beyond the ashram in three years when Lorne turned up to kidnap her for a reconnaissance mission with him to Celebes island , eight hundred miles away to the north-east . |
| 23 | He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ . |
| 24 | The company then paid the duties for three years . |
| 25 | He took Swindon from the fourth to the second within three years of arriving in nineteen eighty four . |
| 26 | BP Exploration has been using the process for three years and is finding it popular and productive . |
| 27 | Where the fraud is perpetrated by an operated transsexual , the innocent party will have the same remedy until the expiration of three years . |
| 28 | Coleman 's will , dated 1 July 1839 , provided for the founding of a Coleman prize : ‘ Also , I give to the Royal Veterinary College , at the expiration of three years from my decease , the sum of one hundred and sixty-six pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence , 3 per Cent . |
| 29 | ‘ No action of damages where the damages claimed consist of or include damages … in respect of personal injuries to any person shall be brought in Scotland against any person unless it is commenced … before the expiration of three years from the date of the act , neglect or default giving rise to the action … |
| 30 | ( 3 ) This section applies to a contract if — ( a ) the rent does not exceed the figure applicable in accordance with subsection ( 4 ) , and ( b ) the letting is not on such terms as to the tenant 's responsibility as are mentioned in subsection ( 5 ) … ( 5 ) This section does not apply where a house is let for a term of three years or more ( the lease not being determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years ) upon terms that the tenant puts the premises into a condition reasonably fit for human habitation . |